Indirect measurement of astrophysical 13C(α, n) 16O S-factors

  • Bing Guo*
  • , Zhihong Li
  • , Yunju Li
  • , Jun Su
  • , Xixiang Bai
  • , Yongshou Chen
  • , Qiwen Fan
  • , Sunjun Jin
  • , Ertao Li
  • , Zhichang Li
  • , Gang Lian
  • , Xin Liu
  • , Jiancheng Liu
  • , Nengchuan Shu
  • , Baoxiang Wang
  • , Youbao Wang
  • , Shengquan Yan
  • , Sheng Zeng
  • , Weiping Liu
  • , Danyang Pang
  • M. Lugaro, J. Buntain
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The 13C(α, n) 16O reaction is believed to be the main neutron source reaction for the s-process in asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. The astrophysical S-factors of this reaction have been determined based on an evaluation of the α spectroscopic factor of the 1/2 + subthreshold state in 17O (E x = 6.356 MeV) by using the 13C( 11B, 7Li) 17O α transfer reaction. Our result confirms that the 1/2 + subthreshold resonance is dominant for the 13C(α, n) 16O reaction at low energies of astrophysical interest.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)357-359
Number of pages3
JournalPlasma Science and Technology
Volume14
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • elastic scattering
  • s-process
  • transfer reaction

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